Patents by Inventor Hsin-Wu Lin
Hsin-Wu Lin has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 8864356Abstract: A backlight module includes a light guide plate, a first light source device, and a second light source device. The first light source device is disposed adjacent to a first side surface of the light guide plate and has at least one first polarized light source for emitting a first polarized light beam. The second light source device is disposed adjacent to a second side surface of the light guide plate and has at least one second polarized light source for emitting a second polarized light beam. The light guide plate includes a first polarized light transmitting region adjacent to the second light source device and a second polarized light transmitting region adjacent to the first light source device.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2012Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Young Lighting Technology Inc.Inventor: Hsin-Wu Lin
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Patent number: 8648791Abstract: A method of determining driving currents of a backlight module includes: disposing the backlight module onto a base; defining a plurality of areas from a top area to a bottom are of the backlight module; and reducing the driving current of the area that is situated further from the base.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2010Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.Inventors: Su-Yi Lin, Hsin-Wu Lin, Ming-Chien Lin
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Patent number: 8511882Abstract: Alight guide plate assembly for a backlight module is provided. The light guide plate assembly includes a plurality of light guide plates. Each light guide plate has a top face, at least one side face, and at least one connecting part. The connecting part is formed on the side face of the light guide plate. The connecting part has a connecting face, wherein the adjacent connecting faces are connected to each other. The top faces of the plurality of light guide plates are coplanar. A distance between the connecting face and the top face is ? to 1/20 of the thickness of the light guide plate.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2010Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: Au Optronics CorporationInventors: Yu-Chang Wu, Hsin-Wu Lin, Po-Iem Lin, Shau-Yu Tsai, Hsiu-Mei Fang, Chun-Chang Hung, Chiu Chun Chen
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Publication number: 20130063971Abstract: A backlight module includes a light guide plate, a first light source device, and a second light source device. The first light source device is disposed adjacent to a first side surface of the light guide plate and has at least one first polarized light source for emitting a first polarized light beam. The second light source device is disposed adjacent to a second side surface of the light guide plate and has at least one second polarized light source for emitting a second polarized light beam. The light guide plate includes a first polarized light transmitting region adjacent to the second light source device and a second polarized light transmitting region adjacent to the first light source device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2012Publication date: March 14, 2013Inventor: Hsin-Wu LIN
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Patent number: 8109650Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) illuminant system, a manufacture method thereof, and a backlight module using the same are provided. The LED illuminant system includes a plurality of white light illuminants and at least one green light illuminant mixed in the white light illuminants. A light power ratio of the green light illuminant to the white light illuminants is in between ? to 1/20. The color temperature of the whole illuminant system will be enhanced to a certain extent by mixing the green light illuminant and the white light illuminants. The manufacture method includes the following steps: obtaining a transmission spectrum of the white light illuminants; analyzing the transmission spectrum to determine n supplemental amount of a green light; and disposing at least one green illuminant in accordance with the supplemental amount of the green light.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2009Date of Patent: February 7, 2012Assignee: AU Optronics CorporationInventors: Ya-Hsien Chang, Hsin-Wu Lin
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Publication number: 20110157238Abstract: A method of determining driving currents of a backlight module includes: disposing the backlight module onto a base; defining a plurality of areas from a top area to a bottom are of the backlight module; and reducing the driving current of the area that is situated further from the base.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2010Publication date: June 30, 2011Inventors: Su-Yi Lin, Hsin-Wu Lin, Ming-Chien Lin
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Patent number: 7911442Abstract: A backlight unit usable in an LCD for dynamically expanding color gamut of the LCD. In one embodiment, the backlight unit has a plurality of light emitting elements, and a control unit electrically coupled with the plurality of light emitting elements for controlling intensity of light emitting from each of the plurality of light emitting elements in response to a frame of image data applied to the plurality of pixels, wherein the control unit is configured such that when the frame of image data applied to the plurality of pixels is in a red color, a green color, or a blue color, the intensity of light from the red color, the green color, or the blue color emitting from each of the plurality of light emitting elements is adjusted to its corresponding maximal value so as to expand the red, the green, or the blue area of the color gamut of the LCD panel accordingly.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2007Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: AU Optronics CorporationInventors: Te-Mei Wang, Chih-Kuang Chen, Shen-Hong Chou, Hsin-Wu Lin
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Patent number: 7857472Abstract: A backlight source has different luminescence types of electroluminescence devices and coordinates at least one of the arrangement positions and the arrangement spacing of the electroluminescence devices to improve the brightness uniformity of the backlight source and make the mixed light better. Moreover, because of the brightness uniformity promotion, the overall thickness of backlight module can be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2007Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Assignee: Au Optronics Corp.Inventors: Ya-Hua Ko, Chih-Kuang Chen, Hsin-Wu Lin
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Publication number: 20100232178Abstract: Alight guide plate assembly for a backlight module is provided. The light guide plate assembly includes a plurality of light guide plates. Each light guide plate has a top face, at least one side face, and at least one connecting part. The connecting part is formed on the side face of the light guide plate. The connecting part has a connecting face, wherein the adjacent connecting faces are connected to each other. The top faces of the plurality of light guide plates are coplanar. A distance between the connecting face and the top face is ? to 1/20 of the thickness of the light guide plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2010Publication date: September 16, 2010Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Yu-Chang Wu, Hsin-Wu Lin, Po-Iem Lin, Shau-Yu Tsai, Hsiu-Mei Fang, Chun-Chang Hung, Chiu Chun Chen
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Publication number: 20100229423Abstract: A shoe insole is injection molded from composite materials, the composite materials includes 62%-80% by weight of nylon and 20%-38% by weight of short fiber material.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2009Publication date: September 16, 2010Inventor: Hsin-Wu Lin
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Patent number: 7766516Abstract: A diffusion plate of a backlight structure and a display device using the same are provided. The diffusion plate is used in the backlight structure having several light emitting diodes. The diffusion plate includes a main body with many depression structures positioned on a surface of the main body. The surface faces the light emitting diodes. Each depression structure is positioned above the corresponding light emitting diode and includes an inclined surface. An inclined angle is formed between each inclined surface and a central axis of the corresponding light emitting diode for refracting the light emitted by the corresponding light emitting diode.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2007Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.Inventors: Chih-Kuang Chen, Hsin-Wu Lin
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Publication number: 20100072912Abstract: A side-type backlight module includes a light guide plate and a plurality of light emitting diode (LED) sources. The light guide plate includes a side. The LED sources are disposed on the side, in which two successive LED sources are spaced by a pitch. It is varied to arrange each pitch between two successive LED sources. Moreover, a method for operating the side-type backlight module is disclosed in the specification.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2009Publication date: March 25, 2010Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Yu-Chang Wu, Hsin-Wu Lin, Ya-Hua Ko
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Patent number: 7641360Abstract: A light-emitting unit includes a bounding frame, a first light-emitting element, a second light-emitting element, and a first reflecting sheet. The first light-emitting element and the second light-emitting element are disposed in the bounding frame, and emit light in different directions. The first reflecting sheet is disposed on the bounding frame, and has a reflecting surface on one side away from the bounding frame.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2006Date of Patent: January 5, 2010Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.Inventors: Shen-Hong Chou, Hsin-Wu Lin, Chih-Kuang Chen, Ci-Guang Peng
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Publication number: 20090290339Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) illuminant system, a manufacture method thereof, and a backlight module using the same are provided. The LED illuminant system includes a plurality of white light illuminants and at least one green light illuminant mixed in the white light illuminants. A light power ratio of the green light illuminant to the white light illuminants is in between 1/5 to 1/20. The color temperature of the whole illuminant system will be enhanced to a certain extent by mixing the green light illuminant and the white light illuminants. The manufacture method includes the following steps: obtaining a transmission spectrum of the white light illuminants; analyzing the transmission spectrum to determine n supplemental amount of a green light; and disposing at least one green illuminant in accordance with the supplemental amount of the green light.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2009Publication date: November 26, 2009Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Ya-Hsien Chang, Hsin-Wu Lin
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Publication number: 20090058876Abstract: A backlight unit usable in an LCD for dynamically expanding color gamut of the LCD. In one embodiment, the backlight unit has a plurality of light emitting elements, and a control unit electrically coupled with the plurality of light emitting elements for controlling intensity of light emitting from each of the plurality of light emitting elements in response to a frame of image data applied to the plurality of pixels, wherein the control unit is configured such that when the frame of image data applied to the plurality of pixels is in a red color, a green color, or a blue color, the intensity of light from the red color, the green color, or the blue color emitting from each of the plurality of light emitting elements is adjusted to its corresponding maximal value so as to expand the red, the green, or the blue area of the color gamut of the LCD panel accordingly.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2007Publication date: March 5, 2009Applicant: AU Optronics CorporationInventors: Te-Mei WANG, Chih-Kuang Chen, Shen-Hong Chou, Hsin-Wu Lin
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Publication number: 20080112188Abstract: A diffusion plate of a backlight structure and a display device using the same are provided. The diffusion plate is used in the backlight structure having several light emitting diodes. The diffusion plate includes a main body with many depression structures positioned on a surface of the main body. The surface faces the light emitting diodes. Each depression structure is positioned above the corresponding light emitting diode and includes an inclined surface. An inclined angle is formed between each inclined surface and a central axis of the corresponding light emitting diode for refracting the light emitted by the corresponding light emitting diode.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2007Publication date: May 15, 2008Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORP.Inventors: Chih-Kuang Chen, Hsin-Wu Lin
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Publication number: 20080042555Abstract: A backlight source has different luminescence types of electroluminescence devices and coordinates at least one of the arrangement positions and the arrangement spacing of the electroluminescence devices to improve the brightness uniformity of the backlight source and make the mixed light better. Moreover, because of the brightness uniformity promotion, the overall thickness of backlight module can be reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2007Publication date: February 21, 2008Inventors: Ya-Hua Ko, Chih-Kuang Chen, Hsin-Wu Lin
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Publication number: 20080007938Abstract: A light-emitting unit includes a bounding frame, a first light-emitting element, a second light-emitting element, and a first reflecting sheet. The first light-emitting element and the second light-emitting element are disposed in the bounding frame, and emit light in different directions. The first reflecting sheet is disposed on the bounding frame, and has a reflecting surface on one side away from the bounding frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2006Publication date: January 10, 2008Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORP.Inventors: Shen-Hong Chou, Hsin-Wu Lin, Chih-Kuang Chen, Ci-Guang Peng
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Patent number: 7317288Abstract: The present invention uses different frequencies to drive the LED strips in the back-lighting source so that the spatial uniformity of the back-lighting source as well as the color levels in the source can be monitored and adjusted. Each individual strip is assigned to a different frequency. Alternatively, the strips are divided into groups and each group is assigned to a different frequency. A group may comprise two or more strips. Furthermore, some groups may have more strips than the other groups and the number of LEDs in one strip may be different from the number in other strips. The brightness uniformity and the color levels in the back-lighting source are sensed by one or more groups of color sensors in R, G and B. The assignment of driving frequencies can be based on the location of the strips.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2005Date of Patent: January 8, 2008Assignee: Au Optronics CorporationInventors: Hsin-Wu Lin, Jen-Chi Liu, Jyh-Haur Huang
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Publication number: 20070052375Abstract: The present invention uses different frequencies to drive the LED strips in the back-lighting source so that the spatial uniformity of the back-lighting source as well as the color levels in the source can be monitored and adjusted. Each individual strip is assigned to a different frequency. Alternatively, the strips are divided into groups and each group is assigned to a different frequency. A group may comprise two or more strips. Furthermore, some groups may have more strips than the other groups and the number of LEDs in one strip may be different from the number in other strips. The brightness uniformity and the color levels in the back-lighting source are sensed by one or more groups of color sensors in R, G and B. The assignment of driving frequencies can be based on the location of the strips.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2005Publication date: March 8, 2007Inventors: Hsin-Wu Lin, Jen-Chi Liu, Jyh-Haur Huang